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Borneman was killed in a car crash late Sunday, after police said Timothy Dowd led them on a high-speed chase through downtown Burlington, running a red light and hitting Borneman from the side. They said Dowd admitted to drinking before he drove and that he has four prior convictions for DUI.

Borneman worked at Dealer.com, where CEO Mark Bonfigli called her not an employee, but a friend.

"She was a huge friend to hundreds of people here and last year she won the spirit award at (work). That was Kaye. She's always giving to everyone else," Bonfigli said.

Co-workers put their work on hold this week, gathering to remember Borneman and planning tributes in her honor.

"I can't think of another person that does that much for everyone else. I think she was driven to just feel that satisfaction of helping others. That's truly what it was about for her," Bonfigli said.

Another friend, Mark Williams, said Borneman helped him write a screenplay, part of a passion for movies she gained while growing up in California.

"Last night I woke up and couldn't sleep. That's when it really hit me that she was gone," Williams said.

Bonfigli said he and others planned to go to lawmakers with Borneman's case, to ask that stricter laws be put into place for repeat DUI offenders.